Confronting the occupation : work, education, and political activism of Palestinian families in a refugee camp /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rosenfeld, Maya
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:	Occupations > West Bank > Duhaysheh (Refugee camp) Education > West Bank > Duhaysheh (Refugee camp) Palestinian Arabs > West Bank > Duhayshah (Refugee camp) > Political activity. Palestinian Arabs > West Bank > Duhayshah (Refugee camp) > Economic conditions. Palestinian Arabs > West Bank > Duhayshah (Refugee camp) > Social conditions.

Table of Contents:

Israeli occupation: the systemic context
Dheishehians and day wage labor in Israel and the West Bank
Socioeconomic relationships in the households of day wage laborers
Acquisition of education by Dheishehian refugees: understanding the structural context
The human factor: higher education in Dheisheh as a family project
Circumscribed avenues for mobility: Dheishehians with tertiary education in the local and regional labor markets
Professional employment, labor migration, and the multigenerational family in Dheisheh
The Palestinian National Movement in the occupied territories
A multilayered history of political activists and prisoners in Dheisheh
The organized struggle of Palestinian political prisoners and its influence on the politicization of Dheishehian activists
Organizing around political prisoners: the politicization of family life
Prisoners return home.